Cape Verde will introduce electronic ankle bracelets as an alternative to prison, used mainly for minor offences, to reduce prison overcrowding and promote social reintegration, under the system unveiled today.
Electronic monitoring of prisoners appeared in the 1960s and was widely used in the United States in the 1980s.
Since then, it has been used in many countries and Cape Verde will follow the Portuguese model, according to Justice Minister Joana Rosa.
The solution was developed by VisonWare, a Portuguese IT company that has been present in Cape Verde for more than 15 years and has more than 20 . . .
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